I was working on some chisels last night and I could not get a nice square leading edge. I loosened the bevel adjustment lever screw and moved the lever up and down, but never could get the edge to square to the sides. Even when I came close through trial and error, I could not sneak up on it with smaller and smaller adjustments in the direction I was moving. I have the blade guide fairly tight, enough for the chisel to still move, but not wobble on the machine. Anything I could be missing? I want to resolve this before I get to my better tools. Thanks in advance.

-- Langski, New Hampshire

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My WorkSharp was just a tad out of adjustment when I took it out of the box, and like you, I had a dickens of time getting set so the ‘Sharpening Port’ was parallel to the wheel. Any adjustment I made in the skew was either not enough or way too much.

I had a local machine shop lop off a couple of pieces of aluminum (2” wide x 1/4” thick), making sure the ends were 90-degrees square. It cost me a couple of dollars, but the softer, thicker aluminum made it easier to gradually dial-in the skew setting without messing up my chisels.

I have had the WorkSharp for close to year now, and though I have used it quite a bit, have never had to revisit the skew settings.

In addition to their user manual, they have a PDF on their website (http://www.worksharptools.com/pilot.asp?pg=support) by Jerry Work that explains in more detail the setup and use of the machine. That being said, their documentaiton doesn’t really cover this skew adjustment issue very well.

-- Gerry -- "I don't plan to ever really grow up ... I'm just going to learn how to act in public!"